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H. SUTGLIFFE.

WATER CLOSET AND APPARATUS CONNECTED TH'EREWITH.

No 538,567. Patented Feb. 5, 1895.

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H. SUTGLIFFE. WATER GLOSET AND APPARATUS CONNECTED THEEEWITH.

Patented Feb. 5, 1895.

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rvrrnn STATES n'rnnrr FFitlhie HENRY SUTCLIFFE, OF HALIFAX, ENGLAND.

WATER-CLOSET AND APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatentNo. 533,567, dated February5, 1 895. Application filed February 26, 1894;. Serial No. 501,480. (Nomodel. Patented in England February 4, 1893, No. 2,479.

To all whom it may concern.-

Belt known that I, HENRY SUTCLIFFE, asubect of the Queen of England, anda resident of Halifax, in the county of York, England, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Water-Closets and ApparatusConnected Therewith, of which the following is a specification.

1 have obtained a British patent for this invention, the same beingdated February 4, 1893, and numbered 2,479.

My invention relates more particularly to that class of water closetapparatus in which the bowl or basin is automatically flushed on removalof the pressure from the seat, and has for its main objects to provide asimple, durable and efficient construction wherein this action may takeplace.

To these main ends my invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combinations of devices, all as will be hereinaftermore fully described and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of anapparatus embodying my improvements, the seat being shown in its raisedposition, and the cistern being shown in section. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical section in a plane represented by the line a, asat Fig. 1, and with the displacer or plunger raised and the ball tapopened. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken at the line y, y

of Fig. 1, but with the seat in its depressed position; and Fig. 4 is avertical section taken at the line 3 y of Fig. 1, with the seat in itsraised position.

In the several views the same parts will be found designated by the samenumerals of reference.

1 represents a tank or cistern which is preferably closed at the top andwhich is provided with legs or standards 2 that rest upon the floor of aroom or apartment. The cistern is preferably rectangular in crosssection and oblong in shape and contains a loosely fitting displacer orplunger 3 of similar contour and composed preferably, though notessentially, of burnt clay. Said plunger is provided with an opening twhich extends Vertically therethrough, and leading to said opening fromone end of the plunger is a ball float chamber.

Pivoted at 11 at the front side of the cis tern and at each end thereofis a lever 12, onearm of which projects within the cistern and is madein the form of a sector 13. The other end or arm of the lever isarranged exteriorly of the cistern and projecting downwardly is attachedto the seat 14 of the closet 15. To the upper end of each sector 13 isconnected at 16 one end of a strap, chain or other flexible connection17 adapted to a guiding and retaining groove 18 in the face of thesector, the opposite end of the flexible connection being attached tothe upper side of the plunger, as indicated at 19.

Extending from the front wall of the cistern at a suitable heightfromits bottom is a horizontal supply pipe or conduit 20, which at its outerend is connected to the bowl or basin of the water closet and incommunication with the flushing rim thereof.

Figs. 1 and 4 show the relative arrangement of the parts when the closetis in a condition of disuse. From these views it will be observed thatthe float chamber 4 contains a body of Water sufficient to maintain thefloat at its highest point, and hence to keep the tap or supply cockclosed. Upon pulling down the seat for use of the closet the levers 12are vibrated and the plunger raised to the position shown at Fig. 3.During this action the water in the float chamber disperses anddistributes itself over the bottom of the tank, as illustrated at Fig.2, thus permitting the float to descend and causing the supply tap toopen, whereupon the water will flow from the supply pipe down upon andthrough the channel 5 and through the float chamberc to the bottom ofthe cistern to raise the level of the water therein to a height abouteven with the lower side of the basin supply pipe 20, as indicated atFig. 3. During the rise of the water at this time the float is graduallylifted, and when the level of the water reaches that indicated at Fig.3, the ball will have been raised to such a point as that its arm orlever will effect the closing of the supply tap, thus automaticallymeasuring off at the bottom of the cistern a given supply'of water forsubsequent iiushing purposes. This portion of the cistern may bedesignated as the chargechamber. Upon removal of the pressure from theseat the weight of the plunger causes it to descend and through theconnections described the seat is simultaneously raised. During thedescent of the plunger it forces out nearly all of the water from thebottom of the cistern through the pipe or conduit 20 and into the bowlto properlyflush and cleanse the same, but at this timea portion of thewater in the charge-chamber at the bottom of the cistern passes up intoor is retained by the float chamber in. the plunger to keep the float upin its closed position so as to prevent the opening of the supply tapduring and after the descent of the plunger.

.From the foregoing description it will be observed that when theapparatus is not in use the plunger rests upon the bottom of thecistern; that the seat is in a raised position; and that the ball tap isheld closed by the water in the float chamber; also that when the seatis pulled down for use the plunger is simultaneously lifted, the balltap opened, and the charge chamber filled up to the level indicated atFig. 3 and then automatically closed; and also that when the pressure isremoved from the seat the superior weight of the plunger causes it todescend and in descending to raise the seat andat the same time drivewater from the charge chamber, arranged belowthe plane of the inlet tothe bowl, into the closet proper, and with such force as to insure athorough flushing and scouring of every part of the bowl and trap.

The plunger or displacer may of course be madeof some other material orsubstance than burnt clay, but I have thus far used the same in practiceand find it desirable and effective.

The water closet proper may of course be of any desired construction,shape or design.

In this apparatus there is no over-head cistern and the usual unpleasantnoise incident to such an arrangement is fully obviated. There is novalve excepting the ball-tap, which is under complete control forsupplying the charge on each occasion of "usage, and the usual unsightlypipes, handles, wires or chains are also dispensed with. In practicetheapparatus Works silently, and with the greatest possible efficiency. Itis ornamental and compact in appearance and sanitary and simple inconstruction, besides being most economical as to first and subsequentcost, and it is so constructed that it is neither adapted to be tamperedwith nor likely to get out of order during use.

Although I have shown my invention relating to the cistern properconnected to the seat of the closet in such a manner as to work inconjunction therewith and prefer such an arrangementfor obvious reasons,yet I do not wish to be limited entirely to an apparatus in which theplunger or displacer is connected I to the seat, as it may bedisconnected or operated independently, the gist of one part of myinvention consisting in forcing the water out of the cistern bydisplacement, and it will be seen that for this purpose the displacermay be actuated by a hand lever.

Various changes in detail construction and arrangement maybe madewithout departing from my several improvements.

I disclaim over-head cisterns, as well as cisterns in which the flushingwater is discharged by siphonic action, and I desire the followingclaims to be, construed accordingly.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.-

1. The combination with a cistern havinga charge chamber at the bottomthereof and a horizontal outlet pipe above said charge chamber, of aplunger adapted to eject all of the flushing water from said chargechamber by displacement and force the same through said pipe directlyinto the upper part of a water closet bowl located alongside of saidcistern, and with its receiving point in substantial alignment with saidpipe and above the plane of the chargechamber, substantially as setforth and shown.

2. The combination with a floor cistern havinga closedbottom and anoutlet or delivery only above its bottom, the space between the bottomand the outlet forming a charge-chamber, of a suitable source of supplyto said charge-chamber, a plunger or displacer acting upon its descentto force the contents of said charge-chamber up and through saidelevated outlet, and means for automatically stopping the supply whenthe charge-chamber has been filled, before descent of the plunger ordisplacer, and for also stopping the supply after the descent of theplunger or displacer and while it occupiesthe charge-chamber; sub:stantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a door cistern having an outlet only above itsbottom, and a charge-chamber below said outlet, of a balloperated tapadapted to close the water-supply at or below the level of said outlet,and an independent plunger or displacer acting upon its descent to forcethe contents of said chargechamber up and through said elevated outlet;substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with a cistern havinga charge chamber, of a watercloset bowl connected to said charge chamber, a plunger or displacer insaid cistern, and a water closet seat operatively connected to saidplunger or displacer; the construction and arrangement being such thatwhen the seat is turned down the plunger or displacer is raised, andthat when the pressure on the seat is removed the plunger or displacerdescends and forces the water from the charge chamber into the watercloset bowl, substantially as set forth and shown.

5. The combination with a cistern having a charge chamber, and an outletabove the same of a water closet bowl connected to said outlet of thecharge chamber, a plunger or displacer within said cistern, adapted todescend into said charge chamber and expel the Water therefrom into thebowl, a water closet seat, and a lever and chain connection between saidplunger and said water closet seat, substantially as set forth andshown.

6. The combination with a cistern having a charge chamber, of a watercloset bowl connected to said charge chamber, a pair of levers pivotedto said cistern, a water closet seat attached to the outer armsot saidlevers, and a plunger or displacer within said cistern connected byflexible connections to the inner arms of said levers, substantially asset forth and shown.

'7. The combination with acistern having a charge chamber, of a watercloset bowl connected to said charge chamber, a pair of levers pivotedto said cistern and having their inner arms of arc shape, a water closetseat attached to the outer arms of said levers, and a plunger ordisplacer arranged within said cistern and connected by chains orsimilar means to the inner ends of said levers, snbstantially as setforth and shown.

8. The combination with a cistern having a charge chamber and an outletarranged above the same, ofa ball tap, a water closet bowl connected tosaid outlet, a plunger or displacer within said cistern, and a watercloset seat operatively connected to said plunger or dis placer; theconstruction and arrangement being such that when the seat is turneddown the plunger or displacer is raised, and that when the pressure onthe seat is removed the charge chamber and an outlet above the V same,of a ball tap, a plunger or displacer having a ball chamber extendingtherethrough, a water closet bowl connected to said outlet, and a Watercloset seat operatively connected to said plunger or displacer,substantially as set forth and shown.

10. The combination with a cistern having a ball tap, a charge chamber,an outlet above the same, and a plunger or displacer formed or providedwith a ball chamber and a passageway leading thereto, a water closetbowl connected to said outlet, a pair of levers pivoted to said cistern,a water closet seat attached to the outer arms of said levers, andflexible connections secured to the inner arms of said levers and to thesaid plunger or displacer, substantially as set forth and shown.

11. In a cistern and water closet connected together alongside of eachother and arranged both to be supported upon the floor, the combinationof a charge chamber in said cistern, a lateral outlet above the sameconnected with the means for flushing said water closet, a plunger forforcing out the water from said charge chamber and into the water closetbowl, and a water closet seat connected to said plunger, the wholeoperating substantially in the manner herein described.

Signed at Halifax, in the county of York, England, this 13th day ofFebruary, A. D. 1894:.

HENRY SUTOLIFFE.

Witnesses:

MILFORD SHAW, Bnownnow JOHN WAIGHT.

